Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is able to provide clients with a team of specialists who can navigate a range of services including defense representation wihtin product liability, toxic torts, design defects and health and safety litigation. The firm has also been involved in unique matters including the concussion class action litigation which threatened the sport of American football, with retired players alleging they suffered cognitive impairments from their involvement in the sport. Team members, including Los Angeles based co-chair Kimberly Branscome and Jonathan Tam , both of whom recently joined the firm from Dechert in February 2024, have acted in asbestos related litigation, with Branscome having acted as lead trial counsel for J&J in a product liability litigation alleging that J&J’s talcum-based baby powder products contained asbestos which caused the plaintiff’s to develop mesothelioma. In climate change litigation, Yahonnes Cleary, in New York, also co-chairs the group and has represented major energy companies in state and municipal litigation.